Jim Joseph Foundation Awards $33 Million to Advance Jewish Education

The San Francisco-based Jim Joseph Foundation has announced grants totaling $33 million to three leading training institutions for Jewish educators.

The grants to the Jewish Theological Seminary, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC), and Yeshiva University is in addition to $12 million the foundation awarded to the same institutions in September 2009 to help them weather the recession. The latest funding will be used to provide financial aid for students pursuing education degrees or certification in programs that prepare them to work with Jewish youth and young adults, and will help each institution to plan, staff, and implement new and enhanced programs designed to attract more educators to the field.